Largely addressing people unfamiliar with gender-neutral language, the book does address concerns and questions of readers who may either identify as nonbinary (which can include agender, genderfluid, and genderqueer) or be questioning/exploring their gender identity, but the main audience is people who identify as male or female and aren't familiar with it - but want to learn. There are a lot of different audiences looking for a book like this, and the two manage to address the most likely ones. From the author of a quick guide to they/them pronouns, this illustrated zine is all about the nonverbal ways we can communicate about our desires for some casual nsfw fun. Archie is non-binary, meaning they do not identify as either male or female, and Tristan is cisgender, meaning he identifies with the gender assigned to him at birth based on his biological sex (tl:dr, he's not transgender). The book is set up sparsely as a dialogue between cartoon Archie and cartoon Tristan, as the pair talk through the basics of how and why to use they/them in place of gendered pronouns like "he/him/his" or "she/her/hers." This is the core of the book's efficiency, as the format allows them to draw upon their own perspectives and experiences, while also engaging in dialogues with each other, both as themselves and role-playing scenarios.
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